London
Reuters
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British police said on Tuesday that comedian and actor Russell Brand had been charged with a new count of rape and another of sexual assault.
The new charges – authorized by the Crown Prosecution Service – related to two women and followed five charges made in April involving four other women: two counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault, going back more than two decades.
Brand, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on January 20 in relation to the new charges. A trial on the earlier charges is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court on June 16.
Reuters has attempted to reach Brand…
